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of ruining the economy which we know they're happy to try to do to beat president obama they're ms. reading the fact that a war president is a popular president. if we were in war with iran, i think you would see people flocking to the president. that's what draws people together behind the president. that conspiracy would be there but would more likely be for lining their own pockets. >> i think joan is likely to be right. probably the simplest answer is the right one if oil prices go up, i make billions of dollars let's make them go up. they don't need to go to war just threaten iron. iron is so dangerous, they are threatening war. we know and iran knows we can't go to war because we can't afford it. the most we can do is send an angry email or threaten to depretend irandefriend iran on facebook. standing against iran saying we'll blow it up actually gets you votes in the republican primary. i think it's electoral connection, that's it. >> there's a fourth reason too it gets you money from sheldon adelson. >> absolutely. it's a four way win for them to gin up this adversity with i
of ruining the economy which we know they're happy to try to do to beat president obama they're ms. reading the fact that a war president is a popular president. if we were in war with iran, i think you would see people flocking to the president. that's what draws people together behind the president. that conspiracy would be there but would more likely be for lining their own pockets. >> i think joan is likely to be right. probably the simplest answer is the right one if oil prices go...
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the economy is in trouble. be a close election. mitt romney, if his house doesn't burn down, it will be a high risk. >> don't start that. >> eliot: joy behar will be
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we still have an economy that is recovering all too slowly, all too fragilely. that's where the people's hearts and minds are right now. >> eliot: you referred to today's numbers from adp which are sometimes a good predictor of what the bureau of labor statistics numbers will be. we have to wait and see what happens over the next couple of months. let's talk about dobbs for a moment. struggling to create an environment and a stimulus. does mitt romney have a single idea that you believe will actually create jobs? >> he is failing on that score to set forth an agenda and i don't want to write his campaign book for him but that's where people care about what he is proposing and he's failed utterly and completely to set forth anything proactive anything other than simply cut taxes to benefit the wealthy on the old trickle down bush economics that have failed, obviously proved to be failures and so i think even the financial community and others who might be inclined to support him rightly with -- and you have only to look at the "wall street journal" of today reall
we still have an economy that is recovering all too slowly, all too fragilely. that's where the people's hearts and minds are right now. >> eliot: you referred to today's numbers from adp which are sometimes a good predictor of what the bureau of labor statistics numbers will be. we have to wait and see what happens over the next couple of months. let's talk about dobbs for a moment. struggling to create an environment and a stimulus. does mitt romney have a single idea that you believe...
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. >> they care about the economy. every poll tells us that people care about the economy, and that's the issue that most people are going to make their minds up based on. >> eliot: ginger gibson and rick grenell, great to have you both on the abraham. >> eliot: the 99% are onononononononononononononononononononononononon >> eliot: it's constitution day in america. the document that defines our basic framework of government was signed 225 years ago today. of all the constitutions defining major governments around the world, ours is the shortest by word count yet the longest lasting. it inspires our number of the day. zero. that's the number of times god is mentioned in the constitution. it's simply doesn't appear. a lot of folks would find that surprising. but the founding fathers really did believe in the separation of church and state. here's another fact that might surprise you the biggest problem getting the constitution ratified were that states were demanding a bill of rights. folks wanted a greater definition of
. >> they care about the economy. every poll tells us that people care about the economy, and that's the issue that most people are going to make their minds up based on. >> eliot: ginger gibson and rick grenell, great to have you both on the abraham. >> eliot: the 99% are onononononononononononononononononononononononon >> eliot: it's constitution day in america. the document that defines our basic framework of government was signed 225 years ago today. of all the...
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ben white economy reporter with politico. sam sered, thank you very much. >> richard blumenthal from connecticut joins us after the break. this week, failing is good and wall street is bad. what else does vc billionaire vinod khosla think? and everyone likes 50% more cash -- well, except her. no! but, i'm about to change that. ♪ every little baby wants 50% more cash... ♪ phhht! fine, you try. [ strings breaking wood splintering ] ha ha. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. ♪ what's in your wallet? ♪ ♪ what's in your...your... ♪ >> eliot: our number of the day is good news or maybe it's no news. it's 176,000. that's the number of jobs that private employers added in june but that's according to the adp national employment report so yes, that's good. but don't start celebrating just yet. we'll be getting another number tomorrow from the bureau of labor statistics and it will probably be completely different. the previous three months, the totals for bls ha
ben white economy reporter with politico. sam sered, thank you very much. >> richard blumenthal from connecticut joins us after the break. this week, failing is good and wall street is bad. what else does vc billionaire vinod khosla think? and everyone likes 50% more cash -- well, except her. no! but, i'm about to change that. ♪ every little baby wants 50% more cash... ♪ phhht! fine, you try. [ strings breaking wood splintering ] ha ha. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards...
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but louise you understand what is happening that hallowed out our economy. i hope you continue to hammer on this. >> i sure will. >> eliot: will you come back next week and we'll talk about the trade issues because you have your finger on it. >> i will come back. i'm so involved in this. i eat and sleep this bill so we can for once advantage the manufacture america. >> eliot: congresswoman louise slaughter, thank you for your time. >> i'm very grateful for your time. >> eliot: i hope you come back. >> i sure will. >> eliot: let's go to strategy and american director of the values institute. thank you for joining us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> mitt romney trying to crawl out of this assault of out outsourcing when he was at bain. i know you're on the democratic side of the aisle, but can he come out of the issue. >> he came out of the primary very much undefined. the reason why the bain ads are taking hold because all these other issues are coming out. we've got a person with $30 million in offshore accounts. we've got someone who is completely out o
but louise you understand what is happening that hallowed out our economy. i hope you continue to hammer on this. >> i sure will. >> eliot: will you come back next week and we'll talk about the trade issues because you have your finger on it. >> i will come back. i'm so involved in this. i eat and sleep this bill so we can for once advantage the manufacture america. >> eliot: congresswoman louise slaughter, thank you for your time. >> i'm very grateful for your...
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. >> it's going to sink our economy. >> over a ten-year period. i don't think if they do that over a ten year period they'll push it out. what do you do about median family income. which is in the long term is the corrosive piece of social degradation. >> you need to build a stronger infrastructure of programs like social security. if you lower retirement age by two or three years you're going to help with jobs, free up extra cash for younger people who are taking care of their parents. there are all sorts of different opportunities for the administration. but i don't know that they'll take it. >> i don't think they will. but i want to focus. time is up, unfortunately. you said lower the retirement age. you're saying people could retire earlier, create job vacancies that could be taken by the younger under 30. >> we have millions unemployed. your chances of being hired at this stage of the economy is incredibly low. the burden is now on their kids to support them. we're clogging up the system, and we're bankly creating people who are falling throu
. >> it's going to sink our economy. >> over a ten-year period. i don't think if they do that over a ten year period they'll push it out. what do you do about median family income. which is in the long term is the corrosive piece of social degradation. >> you need to build a stronger infrastructure of programs like social security. if you lower retirement age by two or three years you're going to help with jobs, free up extra cash for younger people who are taking care of...
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industry is, whether we like it or not an incredible driver of the economy. you can understand sort of, you know, it goes, i think against his gut judgment to be fighting for wall street bankers but there's something about just getting this economy chugging along in sort of the top priority rather than getting politically satisfying vengeance on bankers. that has to sort of be accounted for. >> i hear you. my take is is not political vengeance, it would have been better policy to clean the banks to help the economy. he didn't have the political courage to do that. he was convinced to put a political bandaid on it. >> miss economic advices their main thing was propping up wall street getting it back chugging again and not really shaking it up and changing it. that was kind of the core philosophy that was basically the standard operating procedure for the obama administration for two years, really it was only when occupy wall street happened that the administration sharpened its rhetoric and started talking in broad terms about the 99%. if that hasn't happened,
industry is, whether we like it or not an incredible driver of the economy. you can understand sort of, you know, it goes, i think against his gut judgment to be fighting for wall street bankers but there's something about just getting this economy chugging along in sort of the top priority rather than getting politically satisfying vengeance on bankers. that has to sort of be accounted for. >> i hear you. my take is is not political vengeance, it would have been better policy to clean...
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likely voters think the president would be best on the economy, 47-46. that's a narrow lead but it's the first time the president has lead on this pivotal issue on the campaign. and this news comes as the administration stakes another major step to shore up the economy. ben bernanke announced a plan yesterday to buy mortgage backed securities which would help the housing market and overall economy as well. and the fed said it's not going to stop acting until the unemployment rate going down. hallelujah if congress won't act at least the fed will. and mitt romney immediately criticized the move. >> i think we have to have a leadership in washington that encourages the private sector. i think printing more money at this point comes at a higher cost -- >> you woulden reappoint him if you won? >> i would like to appoint someone that i selected. >> jennifer: the dow shot up more than 200 points, following the announcement of ben bernanke. and today it closed at its highest level since 2007. but today also romney dismissed the positive economic news as a sugar
likely voters think the president would be best on the economy, 47-46. that's a narrow lead but it's the first time the president has lead on this pivotal issue on the campaign. and this news comes as the administration stakes another major step to shore up the economy. ben bernanke announced a plan yesterday to buy mortgage backed securities which would help the housing market and overall economy as well. and the fed said it's not going to stop acting until the unemployment rate going down....
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all three of us agree it is the economy. does mitt romney need to keep convincing this country that he is the point person on the economy? he does. does he need a speech to do so? no. that's the reason why we're talking about virginia. we're talking about florida. we're talking about ohio and pennsylvania. states where things may not be as bad on their face but they're still going against the president. why? they want action. he hasn't delivered. mitt romney needs to continue showing -- >> eliot: i think mitt romney is playing victim contrary to what i had thought, it may be working. poll numbers today would suggest he's not only held his own but gained ground. but i think the next chapter for mitt romney will have to be the affirmative case as we with move closer to november if the job numbers reports continue to be sour as most people -- ten seconds. >> could it be the country has a knee-jerk reaction against the obama attacks? the country disagrees with the attacks. >> eliot: it could be. the public is pulling back. i'm n
all three of us agree it is the economy. does mitt romney need to keep convincing this country that he is the point person on the economy? he does. does he need a speech to do so? no. that's the reason why we're talking about virginia. we're talking about florida. we're talking about ohio and pennsylvania. states where things may not be as bad on their face but they're still going against the president. why? they want action. he hasn't delivered. mitt romney needs to continue showing --...
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your economy got very weak. ours got very good. we take your jobs. thank you debbie spend it now. >> i think this race for the u.s. senate is between debbie spend it now and pete spend it not. i'm pete spend it not hookstra, and i approve this message. >> so he got criticized by all sorts of groups today. the michigan chapter of the asian and pacific islanders voting group. the group of detroit black pastors, members of his own party, even senator mike murphy said this is a really dumb ad. from your perspective because you consulted on a huge number of ads will it be effective? >> well, i don't think it will be. it was so over the top it was so off message it was so distasteful are and mike murphy knows michigan quite well too. i think what's really interesting about this i went to look at it, and hoax to hoax came up, and i went through that tete is hoekstra hoax. >> that's right, and what you said there is really that pete is the big spender in the senate race and debbie is not. when you peel back the layers of the onion, what you see maybe as a ca
your economy got very weak. ours got very good. we take your jobs. thank you debbie spend it now. >> i think this race for the u.s. senate is between debbie spend it now and pete spend it not. i'm pete spend it not hookstra, and i approve this message. >> so he got criticized by all sorts of groups today. the michigan chapter of the asian and pacific islanders voting group. the group of detroit black pastors, members of his own party, even senator mike murphy said this is a really...
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and right before election day, the economy is stalling again. so that's where they are really concerned that they could be undercut by the economic numbers but there is definitely a cockiness out there. they don't -- they don't necessarily fear mitt romney. they think he is a very vulnerable candidate. much of the stuff they said about him, they don't take him seriously in many ways. you know one of the officials i was talking to basically dismissed the speech romney gave last week. so it's going to be a balance because there are those on the inside who are inside campaign who really believe that, you know, look they have to take this thing very very seriously. >> now look we show the republican ad against president obama. and i dismiss that out of hand in terms of their ret ri. they say he didn't give you change and hope but you blocked change and hope all along so they don't have a leg to stand on. but i do want to ask you one last question about the zelikow memo and president obama, whether it's warrantless wiretapping, which he has continued
and right before election day, the economy is stalling again. so that's where they are really concerned that they could be undercut by the economic numbers but there is definitely a cockiness out there. they don't -- they don't necessarily fear mitt romney. they think he is a very vulnerable candidate. much of the stuff they said about him, they don't take him seriously in many ways. you know one of the officials i was talking to basically dismissed the speech romney gave last week. so it's...
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though 54% admitted they disapproved of the way he is handling the economy. as for rick santorum the former pennsylvania senator waved a white flag to romney but not president obama at a news conference at gettysburg. >> this presidential race for us is over for me, and we will suspend our campaign effective today. we are not done fighting. this game is a long, long long way from over. we are going to continue to go out there and fight to make sure that we defeat president barack obama. >> for more on the president's push for fairness and the santorum announcement, i am joined by ken vogel. thank you for joining us. >> hey, governor. >> so, first question: why now? there have been so many moments when rick santorum could have got the en out of this race. he was begged to get out weeks, months ago almost. why now? >> well it seems like he was hurting his marketability for after the rates. this -- after the race. this has been more spectacularly successful than anyone would have predicted going in when it looked like he was possibly a third, fourth, maybe a fif
though 54% admitted they disapproved of the way he is handling the economy. as for rick santorum the former pennsylvania senator waved a white flag to romney but not president obama at a news conference at gettysburg. >> this presidential race for us is over for me, and we will suspend our campaign effective today. we are not done fighting. this game is a long, long long way from over. we are going to continue to go out there and fight to make sure that we defeat president barack obama....
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>> well, one thing is the economy is finally starting to diversify. i think that has been a positive thing about the auto industry being on the ropes. the city and the state as a whole doesn't seem to be putting all of its shifts solely on the auto industry as it happens did in the past and i write quite a bit about the bottom-up energy that is happening in the city. and i write about the do it yourself city like detroit. the government really isn't functioning properly, but it does give people the sort of space to do things like plant urban gardens or just start their sort of own entrepreneurial operations without much getting in the way, because as i said there's not -- >> jennifer: there's a lot of land. right. detroit was a city that was built for 2 million people but now only about 700,000 live there. and people are using some of that vacant land for -- for example, urban farming. how successful has that been? >> it is doing good. it is sort of a metaphor these green shoots coming from the industrialists of our society. but it's obviously a defic
>> well, one thing is the economy is finally starting to diversify. i think that has been a positive thing about the auto industry being on the ropes. the city and the state as a whole doesn't seem to be putting all of its shifts solely on the auto industry as it happens did in the past and i write quite a bit about the bottom-up energy that is happening in the city. and i write about the do it yourself city like detroit. the government really isn't functioning properly, but it does give...
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what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone is ready with the know-how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ ♪ >>there's not a problem that exists in america today that hasn't been solved by somebody somewhere. >>(narrator) share your views with gavin at politicallydirect.com, a direct line to the gavin newsom show. >>focus on the folks that are making a difference, that are not just dreamers, but doers. >>(narrator) join the conversation. >> gavin: my guest is "new york times" columnist nicholas kristof. the topic is why he's so passionate about fighting human trafficking and how he got the white house involved. >> gavin: you were in the clinton global initiative. president obama came in and took the time, interestingly to give a speech focused on human traf
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it debilitated our economy. the successes and jennifer granholm. >> she was awesome. >> she was awesome. it's the auto bailout. i'm struck that mitt romney has not responded adequately. what is the republican party going to say about its meaningful support to bail out the auto industry. >> they're going to say nothing. it's better than saying something. they're likely to get the message wrong. they already have the imagine of not being the party of the working man and this could give further ammunition for the democrats to pin on them. one further thing on housing. they're easing back very slowly. but when you have the opportunity to do something serious, you have the rent on rant on the business channel in essence, the tea party-- >> eliot: centelli. >> exactly. they have not been able to pars out how to get beyond that argument how to get beyond that notion of moral hazard to moral good and have the economy recover a lot better without the notion of someone getting something that they didn't deserve. >> eliot:
it debilitated our economy. the successes and jennifer granholm. >> she was awesome. >> she was awesome. it's the auto bailout. i'm struck that mitt romney has not responded adequately. what is the republican party going to say about its meaningful support to bail out the auto industry. >> they're going to say nothing. it's better than saying something. they're likely to get the message wrong. they already have the imagine of not being the party of the working man and this...
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. >> if there were any war oil prices he soaring, they're hurting the global economy. the oil prices which we see now are largely driven by fears of war with iran are crippling the u.s. economy. a lot of concern in due by. but the fear of late is that there won't an war. there aren't the kinds of driving interests in having the military scenario that pushes this over the line. i spoke to one of the top experts in iran. one of the former national security official in the white house. all parties here know that you a negotiated solution is really the best outcome for everyone. they'll be sitting down with those talks later this year. that's really the window of potentially bringing down the issue. a war is not likely, desirable or would lead to anywhere good. >> that's interesting because it's written that there is a certain consensus among military officials almost like in climate change where the overwhelming majority say that a war is not the right time, not the right way to go. yet we have a 60-40 we're so thrilled that it's 60% going in our direction that we'll actu
. >> if there were any war oil prices he soaring, they're hurting the global economy. the oil prices which we see now are largely driven by fears of war with iran are crippling the u.s. economy. a lot of concern in due by. but the fear of late is that there won't an war. there aren't the kinds of driving interests in having the military scenario that pushes this over the line. i spoke to one of the top experts in iran. one of the former national security official in the white house. all...
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what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025, we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ ♪ fruit just got cooler. fruit on one side, cool on the other. new ice breakers duo. to break the ice. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: in a moment like this in the middle of a presidential election it is fair to ask what mitt romney would do if he were president. how would he comfort and protect our nation while strengthen international alliances and maintaining our overseas objectives, and mitt romney tried to answer that question at a press conference today. >> romney: the attacks in libya and egypt underscore that the world remains a dangerous place and that american leadership is still sorely needed. in the face of this violence, america canno
what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025, we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ ♪ fruit just got cooler. fruit on one side, cool on the other. new ice breakers duo. to...
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he sees his economy being crippled. the ayatollah sees 50% less exports of oil, he sees his economy going in a freefall, and he sees the world totally united in opposition to him getting a nuclear weapon. the president has met with netenyahu a dozen times. i was in -- just before he went to the un i was in a conference call with the president -- with him talking to netenyahu for well over an hour and stark relief of what was going on. this is a bunch of stuff -- >> what does that mean? >> biden: it means it is simply inaccurate. >> ryan: it is irish. >> biden: it is. the secretary of defense has made it -- you can't walk anything back. we will not allow the iranians to get a nuclear weapon. what netenyahu held up there was when they get to the point where they can enrich uranium enough to put it into a weapon. they don't have enough to put it into a weapon. iran is more isolated today than when we took office. sit totally's a littled -- [overlapping speakers] >> ryan: thank heavens we had these sanctions in place. it is
he sees his economy being crippled. the ayatollah sees 50% less exports of oil, he sees his economy going in a freefall, and he sees the world totally united in opposition to him getting a nuclear weapon. the president has met with netenyahu a dozen times. i was in -- just before he went to the un i was in a conference call with the president -- with him talking to netenyahu for well over an hour and stark relief of what was going on. this is a bunch of stuff -- >> what does that mean?...
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the sanctions are crushing the iranian economy. their currency has been devalued dramatically. there is currency internally. what other sanctions could we impose? >> there is not much. once obama agreed to sanctions that was one. then he said the u.s. should arm syrian rebels. that's not what he said. he said the u.s. should work to organize the rebels so that they can be armed by others. that's identical to the obama administration position. >> eliot: and it may be happening. those are the covert efforts that may be running through iran saudi saudi arabia. >> they are. >> eliot: they don't want to publicize them. but jon, let's go to you. you have been in iraq. you heard what romney said we should be doing differently in iraq. how does it strike you. you had boots on the ground, tell us your reaction. >> i was shocked. he some how thinks he could have done differently in iraq. we were being bounded by the militia, supported by iran. we can build the hardware of democracy but it does not mean that we'll win the election. fringe elements of the militia last week killed troops af
the sanctions are crushing the iranian economy. their currency has been devalued dramatically. there is currency internally. what other sanctions could we impose? >> there is not much. once obama agreed to sanctions that was one. then he said the u.s. should arm syrian rebels. that's not what he said. he said the u.s. should work to organize the rebels so that they can be armed by others. that's identical to the obama administration position. >> eliot: and it may be happening. those...
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we have weakened our economy. we need a strong economy, and a strong military. our military is second to none in the world. but the idea of a trillion dollars in cuts through sequestration and budget cuts to the military would change that. we would have strong allies. our connection with our allies is essential. we're the great nation that has allies. and finally we have to stand by our principles. but unfortunately in nowhere in the world is america's influence greater than it was four years ago -- >> all right. you will get a chance to respond to that. because that is a perfect segue into our next segment. and that what is america's role in the world? what do each of you see as our role in the world. governor romney. >> i absolutely believe that america has a responsibility and the privilege of helping defend freedom and promote the principles that make the world more peaceful, and those include human rights, human dignity. elections, because when there are elections people tend to vote for peace, not war. we recognize there are places of conflict in the world
we have weakened our economy. we need a strong economy, and a strong military. our military is second to none in the world. but the idea of a trillion dollars in cuts through sequestration and budget cuts to the military would change that. we would have strong allies. our connection with our allies is essential. we're the great nation that has allies. and finally we have to stand by our principles. but unfortunately in nowhere in the world is america's influence greater than it was four years...
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others say they should stay with the economy. joining me now former assistant to president clinton for national security affairs. thank you for joining us. >> a pleasure, eliot. >> eliot: let's start with the important question. what do we know about al-qaeda's attacks in the consulate in ben gassy. >> this was a well planned attack. somebody had been casing the consulate in benghazi for some time. whether they acted on the spur of the moment or if they had direction in outside of libya remains to be scene. >> eliot: the difficulty given the uncertainty and it's impossible to get your arms around all the facts very quickly. but the difficulty then is how do we then move in our evolving relationship with the new libyan government to control al-qaeda's presence and respect their sovereignty. where do we go in this evolving arab spring, in libya in particular. >> a lot of this takes time. building up a strong system of government, institution of government libya in particular build gadhafi never wanted an institution that would riva
others say they should stay with the economy. joining me now former assistant to president clinton for national security affairs. thank you for joining us. >> a pleasure, eliot. >> eliot: let's start with the important question. what do we know about al-qaeda's attacks in the consulate in ben gassy. >> this was a well planned attack. somebody had been casing the consulate in benghazi for some time. whether they acted on the spur of the moment or if they had direction in...
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>> well, the israeli economic blockade is devastating to the gaza economy. the people in gaza, the palestinians in gaza are not able to export most of what they produce. whether agriculture or handy crafts or whatever. they can't get it out of the country. and so their own market and that's it. it has driven people into poverty. it has created about 56% of palestinians in gaza are food insecure. they're not starving to death. there's not a lot of -- malnutrition. it is not clear to me why the israeli -- that should be about bringing in weapons. to send out their goods. >> jennifer: so juan, you heard hussein's description of the challenge with hamas palestinian authority. what can be done at these peace talks or at the cease-fire talks to make sure that the palestinian authority is perhaps elevated or should they? >> well, it would be a good thing for the palestinians if they could bury the hatchet amongst themselves. i think the government of hosni mubarak and egypt connived at dividing them and the is israelis as well. and the americans as well. i think th
>> well, the israeli economic blockade is devastating to the gaza economy. the people in gaza, the palestinians in gaza are not able to export most of what they produce. whether agriculture or handy crafts or whatever. they can't get it out of the country. and so their own market and that's it. it has driven people into poverty. it has created about 56% of palestinians in gaza are food insecure. they're not starving to death. there's not a lot of -- malnutrition. it is not clear to me why...
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the germany's economy is doing very well. it held up through the global recession because they had strategies and policies to make their manufacturing gobblely competitive. it wasn't billion chasing the wages to the bottom. >> that's true. they didn't pursue that. that's not a strategy we want to pur see. we want good jobs for american workers which i think -- i think the key places to focus are the skills of the work force. germany is very well known to be very good technical training, very good apprenticeship. they had strategies that we should look at for keeping people employed during the period of recovery. >> right. >> very, very important. and they aggressively market exports. >> yeah. >> i think we have -- i will say give them tax relief. the president talked about prefercial treatment for manufacturing. >> we are going to talk about that. not this but we will talk about the tax issue. >> that's laura tyson of cal berkeley, a great sole. thank you. thank you. >>> newt gingrich'snd landing on the moon didn't strike the
the germany's economy is doing very well. it held up through the global recession because they had strategies and policies to make their manufacturing gobblely competitive. it wasn't billion chasing the wages to the bottom. >> that's true. they didn't pursue that. that's not a strategy we want to pur see. we want good jobs for american workers which i think -- i think the key places to focus are the skills of the work force. germany is very well known to be very good technical training,...
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he sees his economy being crippled. the ayatollah sees 50% less exports of oil, he sees his economy going in a freefall and he sees the world totally united in opposition to him getting a nuclear weapon. the president has met with netenyahu a dozen times. i was in -- just before he went to the un, i was in a conference call with the president -- with him talking to netenyahu for well over an hour, and stark relief of what was going on. this is a bunch of stuff -- >> what does that mean? >> biden: it means it is simply inaccurate. >> ryan: it is irish. >> biden: it is. the secretary of defense has made it -- you can't walk anything back. we will not allow the iranians to get a nuclear weapon. what netenyahu held up there was when they get to the point where they can enrich uranium enough to put it into a weapon. they don't have enough to put it into a weapon. iran is more isolated today than when we took office. sit totally's a littled -- [overlapping speakers] >> ryan: thank heavens we had these sanctions in place. it i
he sees his economy being crippled. the ayatollah sees 50% less exports of oil, he sees his economy going in a freefall and he sees the world totally united in opposition to him getting a nuclear weapon. the president has met with netenyahu a dozen times. i was in -- just before he went to the un, i was in a conference call with the president -- with him talking to netenyahu for well over an hour, and stark relief of what was going on. this is a bunch of stuff -- >> what does that mean?...
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economy added 69,000 jobs last month. job numbers for march and april were revised down significantly. with more looking for jobs, the raw unemployment number rose by 10 to 8.2%. while the health care transportation and manufacturing section added jobs construction jobs declined shortstoply. president obama tried putting the numbers in their historical context. >> we are still fighting back from the worst economic situation since the great depression. >> this is bad news for the american people. the president is always quick to find some of the blame first george bush, congress, a.t.m. machines europe. the truth is the job of the president is to get america back to work. >> republican house leaders john boehner and eric cantor joined in. >> these job numbers are pathetic. the american people really deserve better. it's time to change course and have real policies that will put americans back to work. >> discussing the dismal job report what it suggestion for the future economy, i'm joined by robert reich. mr. secretary th
economy added 69,000 jobs last month. job numbers for march and april were revised down significantly. with more looking for jobs, the raw unemployment number rose by 10 to 8.2%. while the health care transportation and manufacturing section added jobs construction jobs declined shortstoply. president obama tried putting the numbers in their historical context. >> we are still fighting back from the worst economic situation since the great depression. >> this is bad news for the...
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the reason why we're bringing up disneyland is a very good reason, they control a huge portion of the economy in anaheim, and it's supposed to be the happiest place on earth. if you're going to do protests at the happiest mace on earth they'reing if to send in the tactical team. we go to "the guardian" and we'll talk about how much influence disney has in anaheim as well. thanks for joining us. i appreciate it. andrew, talk to me why the cops would be most vigilant about protecting disneyland more than anything else? >> it speaks directly to the way politics in anaheim work, disneyland is the goose that lays the golden egg for the community. it's the number one priority. disneyland the hospitality industry, the hotels, everything around it, it's always been that way. the whole city of anaheim never really existed in a meaningful way until 1955. it had been orange grove, orange county so named because of the originalling from anaheim. now it's orange city and you bring in workers to work at the resorts. you have the elite. people who want to take care of disneyland and the industry, and then y
the reason why we're bringing up disneyland is a very good reason, they control a huge portion of the economy in anaheim, and it's supposed to be the happiest place on earth. if you're going to do protests at the happiest mace on earth they'reing if to send in the tactical team. we go to "the guardian" and we'll talk about how much influence disney has in anaheim as well. thanks for joining us. i appreciate it. andrew, talk to me why the cops would be most vigilant about protecting...
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that's the way an economy works. this notion of job craig creators being the very, very wealthy is absurd. it doesn't work -- a trickle down economics has been shown to be completely false. >> eliot: fascinating just last week, a couple of days ago the congressional research service, a nonideological straight down the middle analytical outfit did a report that concluded that. the republicans insisted they pull the report because they said it must be flawed. of course, it wasn't. it was the data proving exactly what you've just said, professor. >> they don't want to look at the data. it is like their theory of evolution and global warming. they refuse to look at the data. the economics are very, very clear. trickle down economics is bunk. the rich do not create jobs. you have to have a large buoyant middle class with money in their pockets to turn around and buy. that creates jobs. >> eliot: all right. one question, has the white house called you yet and said we want you back to be the chairman of the economic advisor
that's the way an economy works. this notion of job craig creators being the very, very wealthy is absurd. it doesn't work -- a trickle down economics has been shown to be completely false. >> eliot: fascinating just last week, a couple of days ago the congressional research service, a nonideological straight down the middle analytical outfit did a report that concluded that. the republicans insisted they pull the report because they said it must be flawed. of course, it wasn't. it was...
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it will destroy our economy. so what happened in iceland? when they nationalized the banks and helped homeowners, well, in the first year, it was tough. in 2009, their skimobile went down 6.7%, and then, all of the sudden a rye bound. in 2010, it goes up 2.9%, in 2011, 2.4%, now, they are doing better than the european union and the combination. countries in the oecd. after they did the right things and actually helped their own citizens and put the bankers in jail, they rebounded tremendously and are now doing better than thehe great majority of countries in the world including the united states. because they actually helped their middle class, which is always the engine of growth in these countries. in fact, even the rating agencies had to say this at the end: ices land's unorthodox crisis policy response has succeeded. i love that going after the bakers who caused the mess is unorthodoxed. helping your own citizens is unorthodoxed. but guess what: it works and it may be we should try it here in the u.s. wib going to bring in news editor f
it will destroy our economy. so what happened in iceland? when they nationalized the banks and helped homeowners, well, in the first year, it was tough. in 2009, their skimobile went down 6.7%, and then, all of the sudden a rye bound. in 2010, it goes up 2.9%, in 2011, 2.4%, now, they are doing better than the european union and the combination. countries in the oecd. after they did the right things and actually helped their own citizens and put the bankers in jail, they rebounded tremendously...
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>> their position would be repudiated by the voters, they don't want to get blamed for driving the economy off the fiscal cliff. >> jennifer: i totally agree with you on that. that is joe williams, prognosticateor extraordinaire. we'll see if your prognostications end up being true. up next, we'll go through election scenarios with duf sundheim and christine pelosi. i think duf will need a stiff drink after we run the math for him. you're in the war room on current tv. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> the president stepped up to the ball and refused to cede the automobile industry to germany or japan korea or anywhere else in the world. [applause] that's why. that's why today here in the state of ohio there are 115,000 decent-paying auto jobs in ohio that you can raise a family on. [applause] >> jennifer: yeah, that's vice president joe biden on the campaign front, in today done dayton, ohio, with a message tailored for michigan and ohio. biden's counterpart, paul ryan, spent the day in ohio and wisconsin. we've got biden over here. we have ryan over there. we got president obama in las vegas ov
>> their position would be repudiated by the voters, they don't want to get blamed for driving the economy off the fiscal cliff. >> jennifer: i totally agree with you on that. that is joe williams, prognosticateor extraordinaire. we'll see if your prognostications end up being true. up next, we'll go through election scenarios with duf sundheim and christine pelosi. i think duf will need a stiff drink after we run the math for him. you're in the war room on current tv. [ ♪ theme...
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it dawned on me today that mitt romney is selling himself as the economy--the business in this race. if bain capital bought the romney campaign, they'd fire romney. >> i love that. >> it's really true. >> let's talk more nuance here. when you total up the votes for santorum and newt gringrich they actually have more votes than mitt romney. now the reason why that might be relevant, if they manage to collect more delegates than mitt romney, is there a chance as they go to the conference, santorum and gingrich go, let's shake on it, me, you vp and president we get rid of romney. >> the convention would never allow the person leading in delegates to have nothing to do with the tickets this wouldn't happen, first of all if you think of a romney campaign would be bad a gingrich-santorum campaign would be disastrous. >> i know. it would be awesome. now if gingrich says if i don't win alabama his spokesperson is saying he is likely to drop out. or if they both say in and collect delegates. >> i think they do more damage together still running for president against mitt romney than they do i
it dawned on me today that mitt romney is selling himself as the economy--the business in this race. if bain capital bought the romney campaign, they'd fire romney. >> i love that. >> it's really true. >> let's talk more nuance here. when you total up the votes for santorum and newt gringrich they actually have more votes than mitt romney. now the reason why that might be relevant, if they manage to collect more delegates than mitt romney, is there a chance as they go to the...